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The Autumn chill is near. When your veins are vaso-constricted and you are fumbling for your keys languorously, look for a solution.
Here it is men, wristbands! Remember the ones from the 70’s? They were terry cloth (passé unless you are a juicy suit wearer).
These knit ones are cool, different, and they serve a function. I feel that most men’s clothing should be functional.
So men follow the Bauhaus rule “form follows function� and look fresh while keeping warm when the days get chilly.
I had the privilege of interviewing one of my favorite bloggers, Mary Jo Matsumoto of Trust your Style. Beyond blogging she’s a fashion designer/ fashion/beauty editor/non-profit founder whose stunning bags were snapped up by the lux Fred Segal, one of L.A.’s hippest boutiques, in the first week of designing! Bergdorf Goodman is another one of the exclusive boutiques worldwide that carry Mary Jo’s designs. They’ve been carried by the likes of Robin Wright Penn, and have appeared on Oprah, Extra, and the Oscars. Not bad!
Here’s the interview, some photos from her blog of the bags and some little illustrations I did for the fun of showing off her beautiful and delectably colorful bags. (more…)
On Labor Day we attended a wedding in Seattle at the Olympic Sculpture Park. The reception was held inside a huge room with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the art and natural scenery.
Suspended from the high ceiling were two amazing and interactive sculptures entitled Capula XVI and Capula XVII by Mexican artist Pedro Reyes. Woven strings of vinyl stretch taut over angular and round white metal, creating the look of a bird cage mixed with a 1970’s hanging basket chair. The vinyl makes the piece pliable and inviting.
Initially guests eyed the sculptures inquisitively as they entered the room, circling them and gently poking at them as though they were alien ships, watching other guests gingerly slip inside their round opening and settle into the anti-gravity center. Once inside it felt pleasant to be floating and gently swaying, the weight of your body pressing into the vinyl like a reclining beach chair. (more…)
I wonder if Anita Kunz (one of my favorite modern illustrators) was inspired by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes? I just discovered his work at Musée d’Orsay in Paris. I was struck by his boldness, the way he contrasted colors, and by his use of narrative. He’s called a Symbolist. Anita is called an Illustrator.
Illustration sometimes gets a bad rap for being ‘commercial’ but I think Anita’s work is very symbolic and her painting chops as refined as Pierre’s regardless of her commercial clientele.
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